From: Robin Hanson (rhanson@gmu.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 05 2003 - 20:11:22 MDT
On 8/5/2003, Mike Lorrey wrote:
>Specifically comparing it to getting life insurance on your spouse is,
>I think, a very effective means of forcing people to make a moral
>comparison that they can comprehend, and I suggest everyone use it in
>their letters.
A colleague of mine suggested that we call wheat futures
"starvation futures" since whenever the price of wheat goes up, more
people probably starve somewhere. How dare those farmers profit from
people out there starving.
Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Assistant Professor of Economics, George Mason University
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